This, that and the other (update)

Raiders owner Al Davis may not be decided on who his head coach will be next season, but he’s already working on a coaching staff.

Former Raiders defensive line coach Mike Waufle will interview for a position similiar to the one he held with the Giants, according to NFL.com.

Waufle was the defensive line coach in New York and part of their Super Bowl-winning team. He was fired after this past season. Waufle, indeed, is confirmed to be in Oakland tonight.

If he is interviewing for a similiar position as reported, then it looks like he is interviewing for the position held by Dwaine Board. His time spent in Oakland went so well, don’t be surprised if he gets consideration as defensive coordinator if Davis decides to make a change there as well. (John Marshall is under contract next season. But then, so is Board).

So yeah, contracts or not, the existing staff may be in as much trouble as Cable.

In other quick news today …

** Nobody knows the long snapper’s name until he messes up. Well, it’s about time everyone got to know the long snapper’s name for doing something good.

Jon Condo was added to the Pro Bowl roster today as a “need player.” In other words, someone got hurt and Condo got the nod as an alternate — and deservedly so after three unblemished seasons hiking the ball to Pro Bowl punter Shane Lechler.

Look for two more Raiders alternates to get a chance after Sunday’s games: tight end Zach Miller and defensive end Richard Seymour.

Super Bowl participants won’t play in the Pro Bowl because it’s one week before the big game for the first time. If the Colts win, tight end Dallas Clark is out, as are defensive ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis. Miller is the second alternate, though, so he’d still need help.

And don’t look for Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding to yield his spot to Sebastian Janikowski. Ridiculously enough, Seabass is not an alternate.

** Speaking of Seymour, he is just glowing about his first season spent in Oakland. He is wide open to coming back as a free agent, though he will likely be franchise tagged if he doesn’t agree to a long-term deal.

“I am in a unique situation where obviously I played out my contract and I have done my time there,” Seymour told WEEI, per sportsradiointerviews.com. “I talked with Mr. Davis before I left and he said he would be getting in touch with my agent to try and work a deal out. How that works out, you know it’s the business; it’s always give and take on both sides as far as contract negotiations. I would like to re-sign out in Oakland because I think when you can become a foundation piece and help turn an organization around, I mean that’s a challenge to me. That’s something where I am willing to take on that responsibility and that challenge. You know help being part of the beginning with some good guys that really can make a difference. I mean I really enjoy putting on that silver and black. As a player, you know a lot of the guys I have talked to in the league say ‘Oh man the uniforms and the mystique of the Raiders’, you know just being a nasty, hard hitting team. As a defender that’s something that I really enjoy. Will it happen? I don’t know. I really don’t know, but if they came up to me with a deal and said, ‘Hey this is what we are trying to do and you will be a foundation piece,’ I don’t have a problem signing back with Oakland.”